How to Use baba ghanoush in a Sentence

baba ghanoush

noun
  • Most minds turn to baba ghanoush when eggplant dip is mentioned.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appétit, 10 July 2019
  • Eggplants are charred on the grill and torn apart by hand, adding up to a potently smoky baba ghanoush.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The baba ghanoush with the vegetarian kibbeh is smoked in the oven.
    — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 22 July 2019
  • The Greek version is lighter and a bit chunkier; baba ghanoush is made creamy with tahini.
    — Beth Dooley, Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
  • There’s the requisite hummus and baba ghanoush, tabbouleh, grape leaves and the like.
    — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2018
  • Its appetizer menu has plenty to offer, from falafel to hummus and baba ghanoush.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Those flavors come through in a section of the menu devoted to sauces and dips (think baba ghanoush and chicken liver pâté).
    — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The menu is built on favorites like smoky eggplant baba ghanoush and grape leaves stuffed with ground lamb or a vegetarian filling.
    — Beth D'addono, NOLA.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Start with a selection of mezze—creamy hummus, smoky baba ghanoush, and our vibrant muhammara—paired with freshly stone oven baked manae’esh.
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Or try the family feast, which comes with chicken, beef and kafta kebabs, rice, hummus, baba ghanoush and fattoush.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The menu features shish kebabs, gyros, baba ghanoush, falafel, hummus nachos and shawarma, among other items.
    — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Hummus, baba ghanoush and a house salad are among the buffet’s cold items, but unfortunately, there is no pita bread.
    — Tamara Dunn, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Dish options now include oyster mushroom shawarma with baba ghanoush and brined organic turkey with parsnip puree.
    — Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Many have tried eggplant in baba ghanoush, but the Mediterranean region isn’t the only part of the world with a distinctive spread made of the stuff.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • There was mushroom and tarragon soup for starters, but also the Turkish eggplant dish imam bayildi served with baba ghanoush and fresh goat’s curd.
    — Christine Muhlke, Bon Appetit, 22 June 2017
  • Intersperse ramekins of dips like roasted beet hummus, baba ghanoush, or a creamy artichoke spread for a pop of color, flavor, and texture.
    — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Popular items on the menu include the hummus and pita bread platters, baba ghanoush, chicken shawarma and mixed kebab platters.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The chef’s experience menu guides diners through must-have bites, from familiar hummus and baba ghanoush to the fun adana kebab (ground lamb) and garides me anitho (sautéed shrimp).
    — Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • For light bar snacking, try the pita with either the delightfully smoky baba ghanoush or lemony labneh ($8 each, $22 for a dip trio).
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023
  • For starters, try the vegetarian grape leaves and share the appetizer sampler, a plate full of homemade baba ghanoush, warm lentils, tangy tabbouleh, and smooth hummus.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Jan. 2021
  • Try going during off hours if crowds aren't your thing, but the customers are a nice community of people who just all happen to have that same hankering for baba ghanoush and taramasalata.
    — Bon Appetit, 25 June 2018
  • The warm, pillowy pita is perfect, especially for swiping through baba ghanoush and the hummus, a generous whorl finished with olive oil, za’atar, and parsley.
    — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022
  • The Times pointed to the Turkish-style baba ghanoush, made with eggplant, peppers, and tomato, and the muhammara dip, made with red pepper and walnut purée, as two standouts.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • A little smoke goes a long way, and just a light stream can make enchilada-perfect shrimp, smoky eggplant that is begging to blended into baba ghanoush, or chicken thighs for the best-ever picnic chicken salad.
    — Vincent Carvalho, San Antonio Express-News, 10 June 2021
  • First came cold salads and dips—hummus, baba ghanoush, pickled cauliflower and carrots and olives, tabbouleh that consisted almost entirely of parsley, spicy red mahoumarra.
    — Saki Knafo, Smithsonian, 5 May 2017
  • Appetizers include baba ghanoush, labneh, falafel, cauliflower and fatoush.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The buffet offers more than 20 hot plates of food from Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan — including whole lamb, lentil soup, tabbouleh and baba ghanoush.
    — Savannah Eadens, The Courier-Journal, 26 June 2019
  • The buffet offered more than 20 hot plates of food from Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan — including whole lamb, lentil soup, tabbouleh and baba ghanoush.
    — The Courier-Journal, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Hermiz Younan, Elias’ father, quit his corporate job in the ’90s and opened a small deli in the back of a liquor store, serving bites like baba ghanoush, hummus and spinach pies — all his or his wife Helene’s recipes.
    — Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Take your cafeteria tray to a table underneath the neon lights spelling out the name, and dig into a Mixed Combination, a heaping Styrofoam plate of rice, hummus and baba ghanoush snug against falafel and chicken.
    — chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018

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